The CIA World Factbook Edition 2004 Economy

Labor force - by occupation In 25 editions of 36.

Labor force - by occupation was published in 25 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2023. The 2004 edition carries it in 222 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2004 edition: 222
the first edition with it: 1999
the latest edition with it: 2023

Published as “Labor force - by occupation” (2000 to 2023) and “Labor force--by occupation” (1999).

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World

1 entry

World

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Africa

49 entries

Algeria

agriculture 14%,
industry 13.4%,
construction and public works 10%,
trade 14.6%,
government 32%,
other 16% (2003 est.)

Angola

agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (2003 est.)

Botswana

Burkina Faso

agriculture 90% (2000 est.)

Burundi

agriculture 93.6%,
industry 2.3%,
services 4.1% (2002 est.)

Cameroon

agriculture 70%,
industry and commerce 13%,
other 17%

Chad

agriculture more than 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)

Comoros

agriculture 80%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

agriculture 32%,
industry 17%,
services 51% (2001 est.)

Eritrea

agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%

Swaziland now Eswatini

Ethiopia

agriculture and animal husbandry 80%,
industry and construction 8%,
government and services 12% (1985)

Gabon

agriculture 60%,
industry 15%,
services 25%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%

Ghana

agriculture 60%,
industry 15%,
services 25% (1999 est.)

Guinea

agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

agriculture 82% (2000 est.)

Kenya

agriculture 75% (2003 est.)

Lesotho

86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa

Liberia

agriculture 70%,
industry 8%,
services 22% (2000 est.)

Libya

agriculture 17%,
industry 29%,
services 54% (1997 est.)

Malawi

agriculture 90% (2003 est.)

Mali

agriculture and fishing 80% (2001 est.)

Mauritania

agriculture 50%,
industry 10%,
services 40% (2001 est.)

Mauritius

agriculture and fishing 14%,
construction and industry 36%,
transportation and communication 7%,
trade,
restaurants,
hotels 16%,
finance 3%,
other services 24% (1995)

Morocco

agriculture 40%,
industry 15%,
services 45% (2003 est.)

Mozambique

agriculture 81%,
industry 6%,
services 13% (1997 est.)

Namibia

agriculture 47%,
industry 20%,
services 33% (1999 est.)

Niger

agriculture 90%,
industry and commerce 6%,
government 4%

Nigeria

agriculture 70%,
industry 10%,
services 20% (1999 est.)

Reunion

agriculture 13%,
industry 12%,
services 75% (2000)

Rwanda

agriculture 90%

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

agriculture and fishing 6%,
industry (mainly construction) 48%,
services 46% (1987 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing

note: shortages of skilled workers

Senegal

agriculture 70%

Seychelles

agriculture 10%,
industry 19%,
services 71% (1989)

Sierra Leone

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Somalia

agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%

South Africa

agriculture 30%,
industry 25%,
services 45% (1999 est.)

Sudan

agriculture 80%,
industry and commerce 7%,
government 13% (1998 est.)

Tanzania

agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2002 est.)

Togo

agriculture 65%,
industry 5%,
services 30% (1998 est.)

Tunisia

services 55%,
industry 23%,
agriculture 22% (1995 est.)

Uganda

agriculture 82%,
industry 5%,
services 13% (1999 est.)

Western Sahara

animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%

Zambia

agriculture 85%,
industry 6%,
services 9%

Zimbabwe

agriculture 66%,
industry 10%,
services 24% (1996)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

agriculture 5.1%,
fishing and fish processing 11.8%,
manufacturing 12.9%,
construction 10.7%,
services 59.5% (1999)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

agriculture 80%,
industry 10%,
services 10% (1990 est.)

Armenia

agriculture 45%,
industry 25%,
services 30% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan

agriculture and forestry 41%,
industry 7%,
services 52% (2001)

Bangladesh

agriculture 63%,
industry 11%,
services 26% (FY95/96)

Bhutan

agriculture 93%,
industry and commerce 2%,
services 5%

China

agriculture 50%,
industry 22%,
services 28% (2001 est.)

Georgia

agriculture 40%,
industry 20%,
services 40% (1999 est.)

India

agriculture 60%,
industry 17%,
services 23% (1999)

Japan

agriculture 5%,
industry 25%,
services 70% (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan

agriculture 20%,
industry 30%,
services 50% (2002 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%

Korea, South now South Korea

agriculture 8.8%,
industry 19.1%,
services 72.1% (2001)

Kyrgyzstan

agriculture 55%,
industry 15%,
services 30% (2000 est.)

Maldives

agriculture 22%,
industry 18%,
services 60% (1995)

Mongolia

herding/agriculture 46%,
manufacturing 6%,
trade 10.3%,
public sector 4.7%,
other/unemployed 33% (2001)

Nepal

agriculture 81%,
industry 3%,
services 16%

Pakistan

agriculture 44%,
industry 17%,
services 39% (1999 est.)

Russia

agriculture 12.3%,
industry 22.7%,
services 65% (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka

agriculture 38%,
industry 17%,
services 45% (1998 est.)

Tajikistan

agriculture 67.2%,
industry 7.5%,
services 25.3% (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan

agriculture 48%,
industry 15%,
services 37% (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan

agriculture 44%,
industry 20%,
services 36% (1995)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%,
manufacturing 3%,
construction 18%,
transportation and utilities 10%,
commerce 36%,
services 29% (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

agriculture 7%,
industry 11%,
services 82% (1983)

Aruba

most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

agriculture 5%,
industry 5%,
tourism 50%,
other services 40% (1999 est.)

Barbados

agriculture 10%,
industry 15%,
services 75% (1996 est.)

Belize

agriculture 27%,
industry 18%,
services 55% (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Cayman Islands

agriculture 1.4%,
industry 12.6%,
services 86% (1995)

Costa Rica

agriculture 20%,
industry 22%,
services 58% (1999 est.)

Cuba

agriculture 24%,
industry 25%,
services 51% (1999)

Dominica

agriculture 40%,
industry and commerce 32%,
services 28%

Dominican Republic

agriculture 17%,
industry 24.3%,
services and government 58.7% (1998 est.)

El Salvador

agriculture 30%,
industry 15%,
services 55% (1999 est.)

Grenada

agriculture 24%,
industry 14%,
services 62% (1999 est.)

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

agriculture 50%,
industry 15%,
services 35% (1999 est.)

Haiti

agriculture 66%,
industry 9%,
services 25%

Honduras

agriculture 34%,
industry 21%,
services 45% (2001 est.)

Jamaica

agriculture 21%,
industry 19%,
services 60% (1998)

Martinique

agriculture 10%,
industry 17%,
services 73% (1997)

Montserrat

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Netherlands Antilles

agriculture 1%,
industry 13%,
services 86% (2000 est.)

Nicaragua

agriculture 42%,
industry 15%,
services 43% (1999 est.)

Panama

agriculture 20.8%,
industry 18%,
services 61.2% (1995 est.)

Puerto Rico

agriculture 3%,
industry 20%,
services 77% (2000 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

agriculture 21.7%, industry, commerce, and manufacturing 24.7%, services 53.6% (2002 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

agriculture 26%,
industry 17%,
services 57% (1980 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

agriculture 9.5%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, construction and utilities 12.4%, services 64.1% (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services

Virgin Islands

agriculture 1%,
industry 19%,
services 80% (2003 est.)

Europe

44 entries

Albania

agriculture 57%,
non-agricultural private sector 20%,
public sector 23% (2003 est.)

Andorra

agriculture 1%,
industry 21%,
services 78% (2000 est.)

Austria

agriculture and forestry 4%,
industry and crafts 29%,
services 67% (2001 est.)

Belarus

Belgium

agriculture 1.3%,
industry 24.5%,
services 74.2% (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Bulgaria

agriculture 26%,
industry 31%,
services 43% (1998 est.)

Croatia

agriculture 13.2%,
industry 25.4%,
services 46.4% (2002)

Czech Republic now Czechia

agriculture 5%,
industry 35%,
services 60% (2001 est.)

Denmark

agriculture 4%,
industry 17%,
services 79% (2002 est.)

Estonia

agriculture 11%,
industry 20%,
services 69% (1999 est.)

European Union

agriculture 4.3%,
industry 29%,
services 66.8% (2000)

Faroe Islands

fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34%

Finland

agriculture and forestry 8%, industry 22%, construction 6%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, transport and communications 8%, public services 32%

France

agriculture 4.1%,
industry 24.4%,
services 71.5% (1999)

Germany

agriculture 2.8%,
industry 33.4%,
services 63.8% (1999)

Gibraltar

agriculture negligible,
industry 40%,
services 60%

Greece

agriculture 20%,
industry 20%,
services 60% (2000 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

essentially services with a small amount of industry; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican

Hungary

agriculture 8%,
industry 27%,
services 65% (1996)

Ireland

agriculture 8%,
industry 29%,
services 64% (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

agriculture,
forestry and fishing 3%,
manufacturing 11%,
construction 10%,
transport and communication 8%,
wholesale and retail distribution 11%,
professional and scientific services 18%,
public administration 6%,
banking and finance 18%,
tourism 2%,
entertainment and catering 3%,
miscellaneous services 10%

Italy

agriculture 5%,
industry 32%,
services 63% (2001)

Latvia

agriculture 15%,
industry 25%,
services 60% (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein

agriculture 1.3%,
industry 47.4%,
services 51.3% (31 December 2001 est.)

Lithuania

agriculture 20%,
industry 30%,
services 50% (1997 est.)

Luxembourg

agriculture 1.9%,
industry 8%,
services 90.1% (1999 est.)

Malta

agriculture 5%,
industry 24%,
services 71% (1999 est.)

Moldova

agriculture 40%,
industry 14%,
services 46% (1998)

Netherlands

agriculture 4%,
industry 23%,
services 73% (1998 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Norway

agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4%, industry 22%, services 74% (1995)

Poland

agriculture 27.5%,
industry 22.1%,
services 50.4% (1999)

Portugal

agriculture 10%,
industry 30%,
services 60% (1999 est.)

Romania

agriculture 41.4%,
industry 27.3%,
services 31.3% (2000)

San Marino

agriculture 1%,
industry 42%,
services 57% (2000 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Slovakia

agriculture 8.9%,
industry 29.3%,
construction 8%,
transport and communication 8.2%,
services 45.6% (1994)

Slovenia

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Spain

agriculture 7%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 29%, services 64% (2001 est.)

Sweden

agriculture 2%,
industry 24%,
services 74% (2000 est.)

Switzerland

agriculture 4.6%,
industry 26.3%,
services 69.1% (1998)

Ukraine

agriculture 24%,
industry 32%,
services 44% (1996)

United Kingdom

agriculture 1%,
industry 25%,
services 74% (1999)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

agriculture 1%, industry, commerce, and services 79%, government 20% (1997 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:: services 75.6%,
industry 19.4%,
agriculture 4.9% (2003);
north Cyprus: services 68.9%,
industry 20.5%,
agriculture 10.6% (2003)

Gaza Strip

agriculture 13%,
industry 21%,
services 66% (1996)

Iran

agriculture 30%,
industry 25%,
services 45% (2001 est.)

Iraq

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Israel

agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6%, manufacturing 20.2%, construction 7.5%, commerce 12.8%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, finance and business 13.1%, personal and other services 6.4%, public services 31.2% (1996)

Jordan

agriculture 5%,
industry 12.5%,
services 82.5% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

agriculture NA,
industries NA,
services NA

Lebanon

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Oman

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Saudi Arabia

agriculture 12%,
industry 25%,
services 63% (1999 est.)

Syria

agriculture,
industry,
services NA

Turkey now Turkiye

agriculture 39.7%,
industry 22.4%,
services 37.9% (3rd quarter, 2001)

United Arab Emirates

agriculture 7%,
industry 15%,
services 78% (2000 est.)

West Bank

agriculture 13%,
industry 21%,
services 66% (1996)

Yemen

most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

agriculture and fishing 3%,
laborers 17%,
clerical 22%,
professional and technical 17%,
administrative and managerial 13%,
sales 8%,
services 20% (2000 est.)

Canada

agriculture 3%,
manufacturing 15%,
construction 5%,
services 74%,
other 3% (2000)

Mexico

agriculture 18%,
industry 24%,
services 58% (2003)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

fishing 18%,
industry (mainly fish-processing) 41%,
services 41% (1996 est.)

United States

managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25.5%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.7%, other services 16.3%, farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%

note: figures exclude the unemployed (2004)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

tuna canneries 34%,
government 33%,
other 33% (1990)

Australia

agriculture 5%,
industry 22%,
services 73% (1997 est.)

Cook Islands

agriculture 29%,
industry 15%,
services 56%

note: shortage of skilled labor (1995)

Fiji

agriculture, including subsistence agriculture 70% (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

agriculture 13%,
industry 19%,
services 68% (1997)

Guam

private 74% (industry 10%, trade 24%, other services 40%), federal and territorial government 26% (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands

agriculture 21.4%,
industry 20.9%,
services 57.7%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

two-thirds are government employees

Nauru

employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation

New Caledonia

agriculture 7%,
industry 23%,
services 70% (1999 est.)

New Zealand

agriculture 10%,
industry 25%,
services 65% (1995)

Niue

most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board

Norfolk Island

tourism NA, subsistence agriculture NA

Northern Mariana Islands

Palau

agriculture 20%,
industry NA,
services NA (1990)

Papua New Guinea

agriculture 85%,
industry NA,
services NA

Pitcairn Islands

no business community in the usual sense;
some public works;
subsistence farming and fishing

Samoa

Solomon Islands

agriculture 75%,
industry 5%,
services 20% (2000 est.)

Tonga

agriculture 65% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu

people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)

Vanuatu

agriculture 65%,
industry 5%,
services 30% (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (2001 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Bolivia

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Brazil

agriculture 23%,
industry 24%,
services 53%

Chile

agriculture 13.6%,
industry 23.4%,
services 63% (2003 est.)

Colombia

agriculture 30%,
industry 24%,
services 46% (1990)

Ecuador

agriculture 30%,
industry 25%,
services 45% (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)

French Guiana

agriculture 18.2%, industry 21.2%, services, government, and commerce 60.6% (1980)

Guyana

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Paraguay

agriculture 45%

Peru

agriculture 5.9%,
mining and quarrying 0.4%,
manufacturing 12.6%,
construction 5.3%,
commerce 26.3%,
household work 4.9%,
other services 44.6% (2004)

Suriname

agriculture NA,
industry NA,
services NA

Uruguay

agriculture 14%,
industry 16%,
services 70%

Venezuela

agriculture 13%,
industry 23%,
services 64% (1997 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, government 48% (1999 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

agriculture 70%,
industry 7%,
services 23% (2001 est.)

Cambodia

agriculture 75% (2003 est.)

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others

Hong Kong

manufacturing 8.2%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.5%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.5%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 17.8% (Note: above data exclude public sector) (2002 est.)

Indonesia

agriculture 45%,
industry 16%,
services 39% (1999 est.)

Laos

agriculture 80% (1997 est.)

Macau

manufacturing 20%,
construction 7%,
transport and communications 6%,
wholesale and retail trade 15%,
restaurants and hotels 12%,
gambling 7%,
public sector 8%,
other services and agriculture 25% (2002 est.)

Malaysia

agriculture 14.5%,
industry 36%,
services 49.5% (2000 est.)

Philippines

agriculture 45%,
industry 15%,
services 40% (2003 est.)

Singapore

manufacturing 18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%, financial, business, and other services 49%, other 16% (2003)

Taiwan

agriculture 7.5%,
industry 35%,
services 57% (2001 est.)

Thailand

agriculture 49%,
industry 14%,
services 37% (2000 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

Vietnam

agriculture 63%, industry and services 37% (2000 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2004, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/2004.

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